Thomas Friedman in Sydney

"Is The Two-State Solution Over?"

New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman is one of the world's most influential journalists.

He will be joined in this New Israel Fund event by ABC journalist Geraldine Doogue.

Thomas Friedman's weekly columns about politics, foreign affairs and globalisation are syndicated in newspapers across the world. He won the first of his Pulitzer Prizes in 1983 for international reporting from Lebanon, another in 1988 for international reporting from Israel, and his third in 2002 for his columns after the September 11th attacks.

He is also the author of seven bestselling books, among them the National Book Award-winning From Beirut to Jerusalem and the #1 New York Times bestseller The World Is Flat. His latest book is Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations.

Online bookings have now closed. There will be tickets available at the door tonight.

Doors open tonight at 7:30pm. Please note that parking near Emanuel Synagogue is limited. Please make sure you have enough time to find a spot. You can contact Sharon Berger on 0438 262 120 if you have any questions.

The New Israel Fund Australia Foundation is a leading organisation committed to social justice, human rights and democracy in Israel. We work with Israelis experiencing poverty, discrimination and injustice to create a more inclusive, tolerant and equal society. Based on the vision of the country’s founders, we work towards an Israel that is “based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel… [and] complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.”